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About being a librarian in congress. I can remember that because i was surprised, i had been advising and consulting because this was an opportunity for the Library Community to weigh in basically on what would be needed for the library of Congress Going into the next few decades so my name was put forward as a person that i should talk to and that went on for a little while and then i was asked, would you consider being considered for the position yourself and it took me back a little bit and i had to think about what i was currently doing, really publicservice innercity that the state had the Public Library be the state library of baltimore and maryland, this was a very unique situation and i had become a Baltimore Ian and was really working on the issues and i ....
Issues, but i think we can get around them. I think we got the sense that there are serious and deep problems that need addressing. We thank you very much for coming to present your book and thank you to the panel. If you have questions we will be at the reception and just ask us in the informal setting. With that, our time is up. [applause] skraz oakland is 11th on the list. To find out the other cities making the top 20 list look for the article on booksquire. Com. Carla hayden was sworn in as the librarian of congress. She is the first woman and africanamerican to hold the position. Thomas jefferson sold most of his library to congress. The british burned the original library of congress when they invaded washington the year before. A later fire destroyed most of jeffersons books we still have some of them. They make up the heart of the library we have here today. Jefferson as you know was a very unique man. Others arranged books alphabetically or by size. He divided his library int ....
Sell on cable tv this production they came up with called hillary the movie, about hillary clinton. And the Bipartisan Campaign reform act said that because Citizens United was a Nonprofit Corporation, they were limited in how much they could spend in the days leading up to an election. And and so, basically, this group i sued and said youre discriminating against us. Were not able to offer our message because of the Bipartisan Campaign reform act. Now, the court ruled in their favor by a 54 decision. And it was a very close decision and, obviously, hugely controversial. But one of the things that the justices in the majority said is that you cant discriminate against the viewpoint of a Non ....
Views, but their war against dissent and desire to control have never been as intense as today. You can watch this and other programs online. And bookt. V. Org. Watching book t. V. On cspan 2, joining us now from chicago, is ron charles, who is the editor of Washington Post book world. What do you do for a living . I assign most of the daily reviews in the Washington Post and every wednesday i write my own review of books. How many . 20 books a week. Not bad. We get about 150. So most go in the flames. Why isnt there a book section . Gloss line. But, we decided, about fouryears ago to, spread the reviews out, to see if we could find more readers. I have had to admit what do have more readers for book reviews. We put them in places where people read more. It was the section that everybody put aside to read later and it never came. Now, everyday and style, and weekend art sec ....
You are just singing and dancing to taylor swift. Shake it off. Its so catchy. I will play it during the show. Lets get you the top Global Business stories of the morning. The big prize in todays Midterm Election is who will end up in control of the senate. Republicans need to pick up six seats to recapture the chamber. Calls it agton post near certainty. We know that this election will send a clearcut message that the republican way is the way we will create jobs in this country. House,rama about the republicans are expected to add to their majority and you can watch it unfold right here on Bloomberg Television. Our election coverage begins at 5 p. M. Eastern with a special edition of with all due respect her cup we may stay on with and we may stay on all night long. More money was being spent on average ties t ....